Trash to Treasure projects
Karen of Redoux saw this dresser on the side of the road. She wasn’t the first person to see it there, she explains, “I actually saw a truck in front of me slow down, stop to look at it, then move on to find better curbside shopping goodies. Their loss, my gain!” The dresser had a unique design that resembled cottage shingles, Karen thought.
Over at Fab Rehab Creations, Allison had been on the lookout for a good dresser she could put in her son’s new bedroom. ”Now, am I the only one who feels like thrift shops and Craigslist have become overrun with people who want to paint furniture? I mean, I love that people want to do this, but it is making it difficult to find decent pieces for cheap,” Allison laughs.
At Mom 4 Real, Jessica tells us, “There I was, driving to Target when I spotted this beauty and a matching vanity. I pulled my car over so fast, I’m pretty sure I almost gave my daughter whiplash!”
When Kelli of The Turquoise Piano married her husband, she just assumed that the old dresser he had was something special to him. Three years later, she asked about it and learned that it had belonged to his ex-girlfriend’s sister, and he couldn’t remember how it ended up at his house! Can you say makeover time?
This dresser makeover comes to us from Ahna of Easier Than I Thought. Ahna happened to hear her neighbor chatting about calling a charity to come pick up an unwanted dresser. Ahna quickly volunteered her house as a charitable cause, and took the dresser home.
Deb of Lake Girl Paints had been watching for a piece of furniture that she could use to try painting something she’d been imagining for a while: a nautical compass motif. So, when she spotted this big, green dresser on the side of the road, she felt like she’d been given a blank canvas!
Lori blogs at The Velvet Glove, and loves transforming furniture. She found this chest of drawers behind a building.
Meredith & Gwyneth, the New Yorkie, literally rescued this dresser from the jaws of the NYC sanitation truck that was getting a dumpster of trash. Can you imagine that scene?
